Richard Garriott Sues NCSoft for $27 Million
Ultima creator Richard Garriott is suing former employer NCSoft for around $27 million, alleging he lost stock options when the Tabula Rasa...
READ MORE >NCsoft Joins Steam, Brings City of Heroes and More
Expanding Steam's catalog of massively multiplayer online games, publisher NCsoft has announced that its various MMOs will soon hit Valve's digital...
READ MORE >"All PROGRAMS should be so easy to run and install. Fuck the Windows registry, fuck Control Panel ..."
see all 48 commentsChampions Online Testers Poached From Rival
Cryptic Studios has confirmed that it recruited players for the now-underway Champions Online closed beta from super-powered rival City of Heroes...
READ MORE >"I love how developers cater to consoles with a PC market game. I have a bad feeling about this ..."
see all 19 commentsWorlds Claims MMOs Infringe 'Virtual Space' Patent, Sues NCsoft
Self-described pioneer in "3D virtual communities and rich immersive environments" Worlds has sued MMO publisher and developer NCsoft for...
READ MORE >"The patent system is pretty flawed. I think they'll grant a patent on just about anything ..."
see all 42 commentsNCsoft Consolidates MMO Devs, Creates NC West
Korea-based MMO publisher NCsoft today announced that it will consolidate subsidiaries NC Europe, NC Austin (Tabula Rasa) and ArenaNet (Guild Wars)...
READ MORE >"ditto, they need to focus their efforts on that and stop shitting out all the retarded titles in ..."
see all 10 commentsNCsoft Axes 21 Workers at Austin Studio
Guild Wars publisher and Lineage developer NCsoft has cut 21 employees from its Austin, Texas development studio, the company revealed today....
READ MORE >"They'd licensed the Unreal 3 engine for two titles, and had a ps3 MMO in the works, from the ..."
see all 21 commentsNCsoft Launching Gamer DNA into Outer Space with 'Digital Time Capsule,' Could 'Resurrect Humanity'
When Ultima and Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott ventures into space this fall, he will deposit a "digital time capsule" on the International...
READ MORE >"This is pretty awesome, Lord British is fucking crazy. Hes also extremely rich and has been ..."
see all 49 commentsNCsoft Reveals City of Heroes In-game Ad Deal
MMO developer NCsoft today announced a new partnership with Double Fusion to supply in-game advertising for City of Heroes, releasing several...
READ MORE >"If it was completely free and ad-supported then I'd try it as well."
see all 21 commentsNCsoft Developing Two MMOs with Unreal Engine 3
Developer and publishing house NCsoft plans to utilize Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 in two upcoming MMOs, the company announced today. The...
READ MORE >"Maybe you were thinking of an MMO that came out in the last few years that didn't do one of the ..."
see all 33 commentsNCSoft FY2007: Tabula Rasa Brings $5.4M in Sales
In its fiscal year 2007 report released today, Korea-based publisher NCSoft announced that the company brought in a net profit of $48.4 million in...
READ MORE >"Hell I bet they burn more than 5 million a year on salaries and upkeep of their studio alone. "
see all 11 commentsNCSoft Q&A
There's an article format interview with Chris Chung on MMORPG.com, asking the new NCSoft president about his company's various MMO products.
READ MORE >NCSoft Pulls the Plug on Spacetime MMO
A new MMO in development by Spacetime Studios may now never make it off the launch pad, following news that publisher NCSoft has cancelled the...
READ MORE >"12 bucks or whatever doesn't seem excessive. EVE doesn't charge for expansions."
see all 16 commentsCity of Heroes Q&A
City of Heroes Sold on WarCry offers an interview with NCSoft's Brian Clayton, who is asked about the decision to buy out Cryptic Studios' part of...
READ MORE >Morning Discussion
Well yesterday certainly was a busy news day. NCSoft anted up for more investment in City of Heroes/Villains, though essentially to give themselves...
READ MORE >"360 because of live and it looks fantastic instead of like crap on my shitty pc."
see all 5694 commentsNCsoft Acquires City of Heroes IP, Opens New Studio, Plans 'Major Reinvestment' in City of Heroes
MMO publisher NCsoft has obtained complete ownership of the City of Heroes intellectual property for an undisclosed sum and is opening a new...
READ MORE >"Oh yes, the lab. I like the controls, player customization and the powers you get in the ..."
see all 16 comments
"Yeah, he obviously doesn't deserve the money that was promised to him in a contract. In fact, ..."
- robosextoid see all 49 comments